Dangerous Objects Made Safe

“Dangerous Objects Made Safe” is an on-going series of Public Art sculptures that are comprised of hundreds of dangerous rusty objects, each individually wrapped in cotton fabric. The sculptures are situated in outdoor spaces where they receive exposure to natural elements for an extended period of time ranging from 4 weeks to 6 months. As the sculptures are repeatedly soaked with rainfall, iron oxide leaches from the rusty objects and is absorbed into the fabric. At the close of the project, the sculpture is dismantled and the encapsulated objects are unwrapped to reveal the inner transformation of the fabric, created by the the transfer of iron oxide from the rusty object.
The process of creating a “Dangerous Objects Made Safe” sculpture, the time period in which it transforms, and the final unwrapping event, are all therapeutic exercises in which Clancy aims to transform unnamed, unseen, and unresolved aspects of traumatic life experiences into a visual narrative that communicates with the non-verbal (sensate) areas of the brain where unresolved trauma lodges.